Backend Software Engineer, B2B Applications

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking backend engineers to design and scale the systems that drive their developer and enterprise-facing products, collaborating closely with various teams to deliver AI capabilities while ensuring performance and safety at a global scale.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for new platform capabilities and integrations with other systems
• Collaborate closely with product, design and external customers to understand problems and implement effective solutions
• Work with the research team to improve our next generation of models

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional engineering experience (excluding internships) in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Python, Go, Rust, Typescript or similar) and distributed systems concepts
• Enjoy building infrastructure that supports billions of requests and petabytes of data
• Care deeply about reliability, safety, and performance in production environments
• Proven ability to thrive in fast-growing, product-driven companies by effectively navigating loosely defined tasks and managing competing priorities or deadlines
• Former founder, or early engineer at a startup who has built a product from scratch is a plus
• Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required)